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The global village fell into’Corona Blue’ due to the unconquered Corona 19 virus, but sports continued. The place where the crowd’s shout disappeared was filled with sweat from the players. Even the virus couldn’t stop sports. The U.S. professional baseball major league was reduced to 60 games per team, but even the winning team of the World Series was covered. The KBO league played all 144 games safely. European football leagues also continued to play without spectators. Fans who couldn’t go directly to the stadium created a new cheering culture called’Lanson Cheering’. To mark the end of the year, we selected ‘2020 Sports Top 10 News’ at home and abroad. The sports issues that have occurred during the year have been sorted and organized to make it easier to see at a glance. Humanity is at a critical crossroads of the challenge of a virus, but sports continue in the new year. The sports must go on!

⑥ Ulsan Hyundai, the highest peak in Asian club soccer
“This is great. It cannot be compared to winning the K League or the FA Cup trophy.” Football experts held Ulsan Hyundai Gatar in Qatar New to the top in eight years in the 2020 Asian Football Federation (AFC) Champions League finalAnd evaluate like this. It is true that the K-League felt a sense of contraction as the Japanese J-League increased its power through technology and organizational power, and the Chinese Super-League increased its power through investment in foreign superstars. However, Ulsan reached the top with 9 consecutive wins (9 wins and 1 draw). Since the Champions League system was established in 2002, Ulsan (2 times), Jeonbuk (2 times), Pohang (1 time), and Seongnam (1 time) have won a total of 6 times, highlighting the pride of the K League. Ulsan coach Kim Do-hoon was worried about giving up his trip to Qatar as he became a’second-class professional’ such as the K-League runner-up, but with his team of players, he earned a total of 5 billion won in income, including a winning prize of $4 million. Ulsan, the newly recruited command tower for former national team coach Hong Myung-boWill challenge to the top of the FIFA Club World Cup next February.

⑦’Volleyball Empress’ Kim Yeon-kyung’s splendid return
Kim Yeon-kyung (32, Heungkuk Life Insurance), who returned to the domestic stage after 11 years, was truly a ‘Myeongbulheojeon’. Kim Yeon-kyung, who currently ranks first in the V (V) women’s attack on the women’s division (49.04% success rate) First Round Best Player (MVP)After being elected as, the splendid Shining Ceremony ended. Women’s volleyball is also in the middle of a box office hit, with an audience rating exceeding 2%. Contribution outside the game is also worth the name. With the injuries of foreign player Lucia Fresco injured, Kim Yeon-kyung is leading the team by playing in the previous game this season. The remaining homework is the Tokyo Olympics scheduled for this July. Kim Yeon-kyung burned her will to go to the Olympics by scoring 22 points despite injury in the final match against Thailand in the Asian qualifier, which was confirmed to go to the Olympics in January. Kim Yeon-kyung, who signed for 350 million won, which is a third of the annual salary he received abroad, while returning to Korea was “for the Olympic medal.” Whether or not a women’s volleyball medal in 44 years since the Montreal Olympic bronze medal in 1976 depends on Kim Yeon-kyung.

⑧ Hwang Seon-woo,’The second Park Tae-hwan’ is me!
“It will surpass Park Tae-hwan.” This is the evaluation of national management general manager Lee Jung-hoon, looking at Hwang Sun-woo (17, Seoul Sports High School) of’Park Tae-hwan Kid’. Hwang Sun-woo, a sophomore in high school, is the national management team in November Selection Men’s Freestyle 100m in 48 seconds 25As a result, Park Tae-hwan’s 2014 record (48 seconds 42) was shortened by 0.17 seconds in 6 years and 9 months, setting a new Korean record. Even at 200m, he won the world junior record (1 minute 45 seconds 92). Hwang Sun-woo surpassed the standard record for the Tokyo Olympics in both sports. It is also the first time since Park Tae-hwan. Hwang Seon-woo’s strength is that it is still growing. Excellent resilience and concentration. Director Lee Jung-hoon said, “I initially aimed at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. However, the growth rate is very fast.” Next year’s Tokyo Olympics, aiming for 200m, plans to expand the area to 400m challenge. The weakness of not being able to attend many international competitions due to Corona 19 ‘Fate’ seems to be different depending on how you manage from physical strength to training schedule and analysis of strengths and weaknesses.

⑨ NC Dinos, throne after 9 years
The KBO (KBO) league was the only one to meet all of the schedules set by the U.S. and Japan professional baseballs, while the season was reduced. To this end, for the first time in history, all Korean series games were held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul. Starting with no spectators and playing with only up to 50% of the spectators, the winning team asserted itself as the ‘9th heart’ Founded in 2011, NC DinosWas. NC, who experienced last in 2018, recruited catcher Yang Eui-ji at the end of that year and rebounded to 5th place last year as the system of manager Lee Dong-wook with’open accident’ changed. This season, while Eui-ji Yang and Seong-beom Na were strong in the other line, Jin-seong Kang took over, and Jeong-mo Koo stood tall as the league’s best left-hander on the mound. 〈ESPN〉 (ESPN) broadcasted KB Orig live across the United States for the first time ever, and NC was the most popular team. NC unfolded after winning the Korean Series ‘Execution Sword’ CeremonyAlso created a big topic externally. ‘Taekjin Lee’ owner Kim Taek-jin also visited the graveyard of the late idol, Choi Dong-won, holding a trophy after winning.

⑩ Park Jung-hwan’s new Jin-seo is now big
Shin Jin-seo (20) of’new intelligence’ has become a leader in name and reality as he surpassed Park Jeong-hwan’s 9th dan this year. The two’s’Super Match’ 7 wins and undefeated wins in Namhae from October to December became an event to announce the era of Shin Jin Seo. In domestic and international competitions, he boasted a win rate of nearly 90% and showed pride as the number one in Korea. Chinese knights of the same age are no longer opponents of Shin Jin-seo. However, it is not yet the world leader. This year, he won the LG and Yongseong-bae and reached the top of the world championships, but I cannot be satisfied. At the final of the Samsung fire cultivation in November Landing failure due to mouse click errorIt was painful to lose the championship cup to China’s Kerze 9th. In the shorthand battle of 1 hour in the time limit, the opponent is subdued with a clever spot such as artificial intelligence, but in the world championships of less than 3 hours, adaptability needs to be improved. Kim Man-su, 8th Dan said, “As Shin Jin-seo surpassed Park Jeong-hwan, one hurdle passed. Now we have to break through the wall of Kerze, the world leader.”
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